Laura Summers Murray of Atlanta, GA died on January 22, 2014 in Camden, SC at the age of 85. Born on May 16, 1928 in Barnesville, GA, she was the second child of Laura Belle Brewster Summers and Riley Summers. After moving at a very young age to Thomaston, GA, she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1945. She attended Shorter College in Rome, GA and later graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree. She married James Bernard Murray, Jr. on July 7, 1959 and moved to Summit, NJ. While living there, they had ...

Miss Patricia Johnson, 48, of Camden, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, January 21, 2914. A celebration of Life and Homegoing Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Gethsemane Deliverance Center, Camden, with interment in Cedar Cemetery. Miss Johnson will be placed in teh church at 1 p.m. for viewing. Brown's Funeral Home, Camden is serving the Johnson family.

Funeral services for Hyram Dalton Hall, 83, will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Beaverdam Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Steve Leigh and the Rev. Matt Mims will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Walter Rembert "June Bug" Durant Jr., 75, will be held Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. The Rev. Joe Stines will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Funeral service for Michael Herman Dais, 56, of 2403 Carter Street in Camden will be held Saturday, January 25, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Camden First United Methodist Church with burial in the Cedars Cemetery. Friends may visit at 36 Colony Drive in Camden and 17 Haven Way in Lugoff. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

An interesting and moving project is taking place from Virginia up into Pennsylvania, where 620,000 trees are being planted along roadways to honor those who gave up their lives in the War Between The States, the bloodiest military conflagration in this nation's history. Oaks, maples, cedars and dogwoods are being placed in the median and in groves along the historic highway that links Charlottesville, Va. and Gettysburg, Pa.